Senate Leaves for Memorial Day Recess Without Passing ICE, Border Patrol Funding Bill

Republicans couldn’t secure passage before recess amid divisions over $1 billion in ballroom security funding and an ‘anti-weaponization’ settlement fund.

The U.S. Capitol Building in Washington on April 2, 2026. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images

Senate Republicans adjourned for the Memorial Day recess on May 21 without final passage of a roughly $72 billion reconciliation bill that would fund U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection, after internal GOP divisions over $1 billion in Secret Service security funding and a $1.8 billion Department of Justice (DOJ) “anti-weaponization” settlement fund.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) filed a unanimous consent request to adjourn the chamber and hold pro forma sessions—brief meetings during which no legislative business is conducted—on May 22, May 26, and May 28. The Senate is scheduled to reconvene on June 1.